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Dagan, Or; Schuengel, Carlo; Verhage, Marije L.; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Sagi-Schwartz, Abraham; Madigan, Sheri; Duschinsky, Robbie; Roisman, Glenn I.; Bernard, Kristin; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian; Bureau, Jean-François; Volling, Brenda L.; Wong, Maria S.; Colonnesi, Cristina; Brown, Geoffrey L.; Eiden, Rina D.; Fearon, R. M. Pasco; Oosterman, Mirjam; Aviezer, Ora; Cummings, E Mark – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
An unsettled question in attachment theory and research is the extent to which children's attachment patterns with mothers and fathers "jointly" predict developmental outcomes. In this study, we used individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to assess whether early attachment networks with mothers and fathers are associated with…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Fathers
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Borairi, Sahar; Fearon, Pasco; Madigan, Sheri; Plamondon, Andre; Jenkins, Jennifer – Child Development, 2021
This meta-analysis tested maternal responsivity as a mediator of the association between socioeconomic risk and children's preschool language abilities. The search included studies up to 2017 and meta-analytic structural equation modeling, allowed us to examine the magnitude of the indirect effect across 17 studies (k = 19). The meta-analysis…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Responsibility, Socioeconomic Status, Preschool Children
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Enea, V.; Rusu, D. M. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Introduction: This systematic literature review aims to (a) identify how the parenting stress was used in the empirical studies as an independent, outcome, moderator and mediator variable, (b) identify the predictors of parenting stress in parents of children with ASD, (c) identify how parenting stress relates with mental health, and (d) make…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stress Variables
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Xu, Guifeng; Jing, Jin; Bowers, Katherine; Liu, Buyun; Bao, Wei – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
We performed a systematic literature search regarding maternal diabetes before and during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the offspring. Of the 178 potentially relevant articles, 12 articles including three cohort studies and nine case-control studies were included in the meta-analysis. Both the meta-analyses of cohort…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Pregnancy, At Risk Persons, Literature Reviews
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Alvarez, Shanna L.; Meltzer-Brody, Samantha; Mandel, Marcia; Beeber, Linda – Infants and Young Children, 2015
Depression is a serious disorder with severe and far-reaching consequences. Two decades of observational research have shown robust associations between maternal depression and adverse consequences on offspring (S. Campbell et al., 2004; S. Campbell, P. Matestic, C. von Stauffenberg, R. Mohan, & T. Kirchner, 2007; S. Campbell, A. Morgan-Lopez,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Parent Influence, At Risk Persons
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Goodman, Sherryl H.; Rouse, Matthew H.; Connell, Arin M.; Broth, Michelle Robbins; Hall, Christine M.; Heyward, Devin – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2011
Although the association between maternal depression and adverse child outcomes is well established, the strength of the association, the breadth or specificity of the outcomes, and the role of moderators are not known. This information is essential to inform not only models of risk but also the design of preventive interventions by helping to…
Descriptors: Mothers, Models, Psychopathology, Organizations (Groups)
Lattari, Fallon; Dragowski, Eliza A. – Communique, 2011
Childhood-onset schizophrenia is an exceedingly rare mental illness whose complex, multifaceted behavioral presentation can disrupt child development and raise diagnostic and treatment difficulties for attending clinicians. The disorder, affecting one in 30,000 children, shares the same diagnostic criteria and symptoms as its adult counterpart,…
Descriptors: Schizophrenia, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Child Development, At Risk Persons
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Waldfogel, Jane; Craigie, Terry-Ann; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Future of Children, 2010
Jane Waldfogel, Terry-Ann Craigie, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn review recent studies that use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) to examine why children who grow up in single-mother and cohabiting families fare worse than children born into married-couple households. They also present findings from their own new research.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Mothers, Children, Family Structure
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Dixon, Dennis R.; Kurtz, Patricia F.; Chin, Michelle D. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
A review of the existing literature on the occurrence of challenging behavior among children with prenatal drug exposure was conducted. While a large number of studies were identified that evaluated various outcomes of prenatal drug exposure, only 37 were found that directly evaluated challenging behaviors. Of the 37 studies, 23 focused on…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Child Behavior, At Risk Persons, Prenatal Influences
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Day, Crystal – NHSA Dialog, 2007
It has been proposed that early language is acquired in the context of interpersonal interactions, with parent-child interactions serving as an important foundation (Nicely, Tamis-LeMonda, & Bornstein, 1999; Sachs, 2005; Tamis-LeMonda, Cristofaro, Rodriguez, & Bornstein, 2006). The purpose of this article is to review the literature on maternal…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Young Children, Attachment Behavior, Parent Child Relationship
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Dallaire, Danielle H. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2007
Incarcerated mothers represent a rapidly growing sector of the prison population. This review of the literature presents research examining the psychological and socio-emotional well-being of children with an incarcerated mother, highlighting risk and protective factors at different stages of children's development. Child outcomes are reviewed…
Descriptors: Mothers, Institutionalized Persons, Parent Child Relationship, Attachment Behavior
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Lindhorst, Taryn; Oxford, Monica; Gillmore, Mary Rogers – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This study uses longitudinal data spanning 13 years from a study of 234 adolescent mothers to evaluate the effects of cumulative domestic violence on employment and welfare use before and after welfare reform. Domestic violence increased the odds of unemployment after welfare reform, but not before; domestic violence had no effect on welfare use…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Psychology, Employment Level, Pregnancy
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Abrams, Laura S.; Curran, Laura – Health & Social Work, 2007
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a major mental health disorder that affects at least 13 percent of new mothers and has detrimental consequences for populations that are of concern to social workers, such as low-income women, women of color, young women, and single mothers. Despite the relevance of PPD to multiple social work problems and…
Descriptors: Mothers, Depression (Psychology), Social Work, Social Science Research
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Goldberg, Margaret E. – Social Work, 1995
Reviews and interprets some recent literature on substance abuse problems and treatments among women. Major risk factors include childhood sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, and a spouse or partner who abuses substances. Discusses the enormous problems of access to treatment for women with minor children. (JPS)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Drug Abuse, Females, Higher Education
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Olds, David L.; Kitzman, Harriet – Future of Children, 1993
Reviews the experimental literature concerning the effectiveness of prenatal and newborn home visiting programs in improving the lives of children and families, focusing on studies employing randomized trials. Results suggest that home visiting programs have had mixed success, improving some outcomes but not others. (MDM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Health, Child Welfare, Cooperative Programs
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